Catch Who?

The Son of Man, Oil On Canvas

by Rene Magritté

from head to toe, hands to feet

the low hanging fruit was oh so sweet

with what we don't know but wish we knew

why do they call it a catch-22

it's more like a let go and let god

brick after brick

stone after stone

men labor and aspire to build churches

steeples stretching and reaching up for heaven

whilst eating bread leavened

a church is not a building

not a structure

it's everywhere, anywhere

a state of being

its glass windows stained with the tears of separation from the creator

we being the angels and demons

clothed with everything in eden

naked with nothing in hell

in hearts, eyes and souls

chanting dead sea scrolls

searching for loopholes

anything

just a clue

having stale cake and eating it too

a sneaker for running along with a dress shoe

expecting to be liberated from a damned catch-22

Reviews

[willweb]

Nice catch there. Funny word catch. I always seem to spell it wrong the first shot. It can be grabbing something out of thin are that was thrown at you. It can be a nail protruding from an old dock the "catches" your pant leg as you walk past, it can be a mistake that you see before anyone else does and before something is shown in public. it could mean a fish.., it could mean covid. You could catch me doing something wrong or...doing something right or catch me if I were running from you. You could be really good looking and be considered a catch. I believe that many times in the old days a hook and eye was called a catch. You could coin a catch phrase. A song could be catchy. I just listed 12 uses for the word, now if I could only come up with another 10, I would have 22 and you know what that would mean??? I guess it's not a funny word after all, it is kind of a cool word.

I really liked your poem and I know I went completely off subject (don't know if you caught that or not)
Great job Pete!!!

[Pete]

lol. "the best laid schemes o' mice an' men". things don't always turn out as we expect. "oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive."

coined by american author joseph heller in 1961 in his novel Catch-22, in which the main character feigns madness in order to avoid dangerous combat missions, but his desire to avoid them is taken to prove his sanity ... :)